Northland Announces the Number of Shares to Be Issued From Conversions of Second Lien Bonds in July 2014

LUXEMBOURG, LUXEMBOURG--(Marketwired - July 9, 2014) -Northland Resources S.A. (OSLO:NAUR)(FRANKFURT:NPK)(OMX:NAURo) - together with its subsidiaries "Northland", "NRSA" or the "Company") announces the number of shares to be issued from conversions of Second Lien Bonds in July 2014.

The deadline for the Company's bondholders to convert Second Lien Bonds in July 2014 has now expired. The deadline was June 29, 2014 (10 banking days before the Conversion Date, July 15, 2014).

The Company has received exercise notices from bondholders for the issuance of a total of 3,463,290 shares in the Company. The shares are expected to be issued and registered in the Norwegian Central Securities Depository ("VPS") before the start of trading on July 15, 2014. The new shares to be issued are not tradable until they have been issued and registered in VPS and this has been confirmed through an announcement by the Company.

After the issuance of the new shares, the total number of issued shares will be 69,136,842.

Northland is a producer of iron ore concentrate, with a portfolio of production, development and exploration mines and projects in northern Sweden and Finland. The first construction phase of the Kaunisvaara project is complete and production ramp-up started in November 2012. The Company expects to produce high-grade, high-quality magnetite iron concentrate in Kaunisvaara, Sweden, where the Company expects to exploit two magnetite iron ore deposits, Tapuli and Sahavaara. Northland has entered into off-take contracts with three partners for the entire production from the Kaunisvaara project over the next seven to ten years. The Company has also finalized a Definitive Feasibility Study ("DFS") for its Hannukainen Iron Oxide Copper Gold ("IOCG") project in Kolari, northern Finland.

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